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French Antillian, St Barthelemy, French

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Unspecified

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Flamands I 7/62

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Caribbean 1962

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This session features a number of instrumental and vocal configurations. It includes solo accordion, a quadrille ensemble (performing instrumental music), and solo and choral singing, as well as multiple interviews. Many of the performances styles typically accompany a dance of some sort. Alan Lomax wrote of this session, Dr. Jean Maurice, Edward Gréaux (R0oro) and Gramont La Place took us to Flamard and Columbia, where we recorded Saturday evening, Sunday morning and Sunday evening. Manuel Magras, a man of 70 odd years was the proprietor the bar in Flammard sic (Field Log). At the time of this recording, Manuel Magras was 70, Constan Magras was 39, Louis Greaux was 16, and George Blanchard was 33 years old (ibid).

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Louis Greaux was aged 16 years, and George Blanchard was aged 22 years at the time of this recording session.

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Solo singing.

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vocal

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Quadrille group

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